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Dostoevsky and the Catholic Underground
Elizabeth A. Blake
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Paperback. While Dostoevsky s relation to religion is well-trod ground, there exists no comprehensive study of Dostoevsky and Catholicism. Elizabeth Blake s ambitious and learned "Dostoevsky and the Catholic Underground "fills this glaring omission in the scholarship." Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSK; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
While Dostoevsky’s relation to religion is well-trod ground, there exists no comprehensive study of Dostoevsky and Catholicism. Elizabeth Blake’s ambitious and learned Dostoevsky and the Catholic Underground fills this glaring omission in the scholarship. Previous commentators have traced a wide-ranging hostility in Dostoevsky’s understanding of Catholicism to his Slavophilism. Blake depicts a far more nuanced picture. Her close reading demonstrates that he is repelled and fascinated by Catholicism in all its medieval, Reformation, and modern manifestations. Dostoevsky saw in Catholicism not just an inspirational source for the Grand Inquisitor but a political force, an ideological wellspring, a unique mode of ... Read more
While Dostoevsky’s relation to religion is well-trod ground, there exists no comprehensive study of Dostoevsky and Catholicism. Elizabeth Blake’s ambitious and learned Dostoevsky and the Catholic Underground fills this glaring omission in the scholarship. Previous commentators have traced a wide-ranging hostility in Dostoevsky’s understanding of Catholicism to his Slavophilism. Blake depicts a far more nuanced picture. Her close reading demonstrates that he is repelled and fascinated by Catholicism in all its medieval, Reformation, and modern manifestations. Dostoevsky saw in Catholicism not just an inspirational source for the Grand Inquisitor but a political force, an ideological wellspring, a unique mode of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Russian Literature and Theory
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810129573
SKU
V9780810129573
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About Elizabeth A. Blake
Elizabeth A. Blake is an assistant professor of Russian in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at Saint Louis University.
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